St. Paul daily globe., 1887-05-01
THE FEMALE ENGINEasI..
A Wonan's Career ON u Locomo'
tive i'm England and Amcrjca,

tive in England and America.
There is living In Bridgeport; Conn,
woman named Hattie Morgans, who,
though only % years of age, has been a
stoller in England and an engineer on a
freight engine in Connecticut. She is
rather masculine in appearance, and
though her face is weather-beaten, she
is quite handsome. Her story is as fol-
lows:
About five years ago, while she was
living in London, she fell in love with
Tom Winnan, the engineer on the
"Flying Scotchman," an express train
which runs between London and Edin-
burgh. She loved him fondly, and was
never happy except when he was near
her. She was anxious to be constantly
with him, and it was arranged between
them that she should become his fire
man. So she arrayed herself in coarse
suit Of mems clothes, and was at once
transformed into q handsome young
fireman. Day after day she attended to
her duties, and the pOnderous engine,
No. 1862, with its SevelLfoot drivers, used
to do the mile a minute act over the
heavy metals. Both she and Tom kept
their secret well, and she and Tom were
to be married. But on one black day
Tom was killed by being run over by a
shunted car, and he died in less than an
hour with his head in Hattie's lap. In
her anguish her sec@t was revealed.
She left England, which had no more
happiness for her, and came to this
country. She had some money, but it
soon dwindled away, and she found that
she must co something. So again dis
guislng herself she applied for fire
mans position on a locomotive on u
Il
two years acceptably, and has been
given freight engine. AS she had q
Seventy-four mile run and twenty-Seven
was the number of her engine, it is be-
lieved that her run was on the New
York division of the New York, New
Haven " Hartford railroad. She
worked very well, and showed her
Skill when her engine got out of repair.
She was finally given the day express to
run, and while there she killed two
men. One was walking on the track
and she blew the whistle repeatedly, but
he paid 10 attention, and the engine
struck and mangled him. The orher
man undertook to drive his wagon over
a grade crossing, and both inc ;,nd his
horse were mutilatcd past recognition.
These accidents broke Hattie Mor-ans
all up. She was exoneratcd by the oHi-
cialS. but she could rot sleep, and she
says the men constantly appeared before
her.
RFinally, she was running Engine no.
l20, with fast express at the rate OF
fifty miles an hour. Far ahead Oh the
track she saw something which she
thought was piece of paper. AS she
neared it she saw it was little child
playing with the dirt and stones. It's
little life was crushed out on the instant.
Hastie tried her best to reversn the
engine, but III vain. When the train
stopped the engineer almost tainted.
That was her last trip. The little child
haunted her day and night. and she had
a severe fit of sickness. Then she re-
sumed her proper dress. She is now en-
gagged to be married to an engineer who
has charge of SiXty-horse power en-
gine not far from New Haven. She
hopes on her wedding tour to visit En-
gland, and sQow her husband the Fly
ing Scotchman," where she received her
first lessons in railroading Bat she can
never, she says. forget the lives that
wero crushed out when she stood in the
cab and sent the locomotive along at
almost lightning speed.